Trajectories of socioeconomic inequality in early child development: a cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Addressing socioeconomic inequalities in early child development (ECD) is key to reducing the intergenerational transmission of health inequalities. Yet, little is known about how socioeconomic inequalities in ECD develop over the course of childhood. Our study aimed to describe how inequalities in ECD by maternal education develop from infancy to middle childhood.

Methods

We used data from Generation R, a prospective population-based cohort study in The Netherlands. Language skills were measured at ages 1, 1.5, 2, 3, and 4 years, using the Minnesota Child Development Inventory. Socioemotional (i.e. internalizing and externalizing) problems were measured at ages 1.5, 3, 5 and 9 years using the Child Behavior Checklist. We estimated inequalities in language skills

SUBMITTER: Houweling TAJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9172194 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature